Thursday, January 21, 2010

Worst Supreme Court Decision Ever

By a 5-4 vote, the Reagan/Bush wing of the Court has very likely screwed our democracy for a generation or more. As if we didn't already have enough corporate special interest money in politics, they have now opened up the floodgates to unlimited spending on election campaigns by allowing unlimited corporate spending on campaigns.What this means is that within the next 10 or 12 years, every politician in Washington will either be wholly owned and paid for by the corporate interests, or will be subservient to them for fear that they might dump money into their district in opposition.Oh, so what else is new, you say?Trust me, it can and will get worse.They may not always win every election, but they will be able to set the terms of the debate.